A Hero's Funeral for Palestinian Bomber ; Israel Seals Gaza to Review Security

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › January 16, 2004

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - The first female Hamas suicide bomber was given a hero's funeral Thursday, a day after killing four Israeli border guards, and Israel sealed the Gaza Strip to review security at border crossings.

The closure prevented thousands of Palestinian workers from getting to their jobs in Israel and a nearby industrial zone. The workers, among the few with jobs in the impoverished region, worried life would only become more difficult - but few were willing to openly blame militants for their new hardship.

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A Hero's Funeral for Palestinian Bomber ; Israel Seals Gaza to Review Security

Top Israel army commanders met at the Defense Ministry Thurs...

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